GeoAdaptive is an interdisciplinary consulting firm focused on providing research, spatial analyses and strategy to aid decision making. We are seeking team-oriented, energetic, curious, and dedicated candidates for a position as a summer intern. The position is available for 10-12 weeks during the summer of 2021. Students graduating in Spring 2022 or recent graduates are preferred, but all are encouraged to apply.

While the internship may take place in Boston, MA, due to COVID-19, we are currently working remotely.

As a summer intern you will play a critical role in a variety of our active projects, conducting spatial and quantitative analyses as well as developing new methodologies and tools that can be implemented in our projects across the world. Candidates should be passionate about analytics and design, and have interdisciplinary research interests that include land use, transportation, infrastructure, environment, and development. Experience with quantitative analysis of demographic data and socio-economic indicators is also critical for successful candidates. Candidates are also preferred to have strong creative thinking skills, written and verbal communication skills, graphic representation skills (charts, graphs, cartography etc.), and must work well in teams. Experience working internationally and foreign language skills are preferred but not required.

This is a supervisory position responsible for overseeing Transportation Planner II and I positions in the Regional Planning section, which will require leading weekly staff meetings, monitoring and reviewing performance of direct reports and coordinating section needs and capacity to managerial staff. Further, this position is responsible for providing technical assistance with regards to multimodal transportation planning support to local and regional governments and coordination with regional planning organizations (RPOs, MPOs) and public transportation systems. Specific areas of responsibility are planning assistance, programmatic guidance, coordination and implementation of activities relative to federal and state planning programs, initiatives, grants, requirements and policies. Key responsibilities may include: administering multimodal/bicycle/pedestrian/transit plans and studies, management and/or conducting planning projects for local governments and transportation systems, management and/or conducting special regional studies, assisting with technical research projects, creation of planning best practices, quarterly report review and tracking, understanding federal and state program areas. This position may also be asked to lead research, policy and related projects; research state and federal laws and policies regarding multimodal, bicycle, pedestrian and transit travel and ensure the Division is meeting federal and state programmatic requirements; provide guidance to other business units in NCDOT; describe the work of the Division in public presentations. The position will be assigned to a Special Knowledge Group.    The activities of this position have a direct impact on the effectiveness, efficiency and safety multimodal, bicycle, pedestrian and public transportation services statewide.  This position will provide key leadership and supervision of tasks required by the position and as assigned by the Deputy Director.

Qualified Applicants must submit an application that clearly reflects work experience that demonstrates the following:

• In-depth knowledge of multimodal, bicycle, pedestrian and transit planning principles, techniques and procedures and their interrelationship;
• In-depth knowledge of Federal and State laws, guidelines and funding programs related to multimodal, bicycle, pedestrian and public transportation infrastructure and systems;
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate policies and programs and identify areas for modernization;
• Demonstrated ability to direct, organize and oversee the activities of professional level employees, including transportation planners, consultants and technical experts;
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in written and oral formats and establish and maintain effective working relationships with a range of state, federal and local officials

Additional Expectations:
Ability to work independently, with little supervision.  Demonstrated attention and accuracy to detail.  Ability to handle special projects, as assigned, from start to finish.  Ability to provide leadership and supervision of tasks required by the position and as assigned by the Deputy Director and represent the interests and the position of the Planning and Programming Unit in the absence of the Deputy Director.  Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Master’s degree in urban and regional planning, transportation planning, engineering, business administration, or economics from an appropriately accredited institution and three years of experience in public transportation planning or administration or community planning or transit management; or Bachelor s degree in urban and regional planning, transportation planning, engineering, business administration, or economics from an appropriately accredited institution and five years of experience in the collection and analysis of economic and social data, two of which must have been in public transportation planning or transit management; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Alta Planning + Design is an active transportation company dedicated to creating active, healthy communities through planning, landscape architecture, engineering, and education/encouragement programs. Alta was founded in 1996 when cities and communities were calling for safer streets for people walking and bicycling as the non-motorized transportation movement developed into a profession in the United States. We pioneered the field of active transportation, evolving our planning and design work into a visionary global practice that empowers people to live active, healthy lives and getting them to where they need to go.

Our core values and work bring about positive change by creating places that are geared toward moving people rather than cars, connecting community members to daily needs and human experience, and empowering every person to live an active healthy life. As a global leader in mobility innovation for over 24 years with 175 people on staff, we are dedicated to connecting people to places by working across disciplines and scale to address social justice, safety, and environmental resilience.

Alta Planning + Design is seeking a Civic Data Analyst to join our team.  This position can be based anywhere in the United States, but it would be great if you were near one of our many offices in the US.  This is a unique opportunity for anyone who is passionate about active transportation and the way it positively impacts our communities in need. If you are looking for an innovative organization that is an industry leader in active transportation, apply with us today!

Position Priorities

Alta’s Civic Data Analysts are at the forefront of civic data analytics by bringing data-informed decision-making to a multidisciplinary practice. The Civic Analytics group at Alta leverages emerging technologies to bring multimodal metrics to narratives that enable communities to enhance transportation choice and encourage active and healthy lifestyles. If you are passionate about telling the stories of people on the move through data, this is the position for you.

The essential priorities of this position are to:

• Thoroughly understand the firm’s data needs and capabilities, develop new products, track industry trends, and create process improvements and capabilities.
• Collaborate across Alta’s disciplines to understand their data analysis needs, priorities, and expectations.
• Support planners, designers, and engineers in tasks related to data analysis and visualization.
• Implement analytical solutions that bring valuable mobility insights and can scale across an organization.
• Engage with emerging technologies and datasets such as AI-derived asset databases, near-miss collision analysis, connected vehicle data, and other transportation-related datasets.

Position Responsibilities

Key position responsibilities for this role include the following:

• Performing work in data science and visualization that requires the use of complex methodologies, challenging datasets, and close coordination with stakeholders.
• Conduct data analysis and develop visualization components of client projects and for research and development efforts.
• Writing reports, technical memos, and presentations.
• Developing and applying a variety of methods for the analysis of complex transportation and geospatial data sets.
• Keeping abreast of trends in technology and finding ways to connect them to solving challenges to mobility and access to opportunities.
• Keeping an eye on labor-intensive processes and analysis and identifying ways to streamline and automate them so they can create organization-wide value.

Requirements

This position requires a combination of skills, experience, and education including, but not limited to:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or another quantitative field with demonstrated experience in the transportation planning field, OR a Bachelor’s Degree in Planning or Engineering with some experience in the software development and/or data science fields.
• Proficiency in Python and/or R, SQL.
• GIS Proficiency – both open-source (PostGIS, QGIS, geopandas, etc.) and the ESRI suite ( ArcGISPro, Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst, etc.).
• Demonstrated work of applied statistics or machine learning techniques to transportation challenges.
• Ability to create informative data visualizations through code (e.g. D3, ggplot, matplotlib, plotly, kepler.gl, etc.).
• Experience designing, implementing and documenting analytical solutions using code. Ability to execute an analysis entirely with code.
• Basic familiarity with deploying analytical solutions over the web with the use of Flask, Django, Fast-API, or R-Shiny.
• Data specifications & database acronyms like OSM, MDS, GTFS, GBFS, GPS, CurbLR don’t scare you.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• 1+ year(s) of experience manipulating data sets, visualizing data, building statistical models, and the general application of data science concepts and tools within the domain of transportation planning or consulting.
• Web development (JavaScript, HTML, CSS).
• Comfortable in a fast-paced working environment.
• Knowledge of advanced statistical/machine learning techniques (e.g. regression, simulation, scenario analysis, modeling, clustering, random forest, etc.).
• Experience deploying web services on AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean, etc.
• Demonstrated experience with deploying analytical solutions over the web with the use of Flask, Django, Fast-API, or R-Shiny.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• This is a largely sedentary role that operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Travel requirements

• 0-10% travel to other offices for training opportunities.

To apply: please upload a resume and cover letter to be considered for this position. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Due to the high volume of applicants we will not be able to respond to email or phone inquiries.

Responsibilities

World Resources Institute (WRI) is an independent, nonprofit global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human well-being. We are working to address critical challenges that the world must overcome this decade in order to secure a sustainable future for people and the planet: climate change, energy, food, forests, water, sustainable cities, and the ocean.

Internships at WRI are learning experiences designed for current students, recent graduates, or other candidates who wish to gain knowledge about a specific area of our work. We strive to attract diverse, intellectually-driven candidates who have a passion for sustainability and development. WRI provides many internship opportunities throughout the year in all our programs.

WRI is committed to advancing gender and social equity for human well-being in our mission and applies this principle to our organizational and programmatic practices.

Energy Program Overview

WRI’s vision is for clean energy to be available, affordable and accessible for all the world’s people.  Our projects and partnerships make the demand for clean energy visible and actionable. We focus on: (1) mobilizing large energy users such as business and governments to purchase renewable electricity and pursue efficient, zero carbon buildings;  (2) shifting and implementing new planning, policies and utility governance to speed deployment of clean and renewable electricity; and (3) improving energy access by identifying and matching unmet demand for energy services, including new finance and clean energy business models to improve development outcomes.

Internship Summary

This internship is a unique opportunity to learn from one of WRI’s high impact initiatives to improve how we create, publish, analyze, visualize, and share data to advance sustainable development. You will join a team of highly motivated individuals, including members of WRI’s senior leadership, to support data and analytical work to link energy access to socio-economic development. More specifically, you will work on the enhancement of Energy Access Explorer, an online, open, collaborative platform of actionable data to facilitate access to energy in unserved and underserved areas.

You will work on developing further Energy Access Explorer by incorporating additional spatial data layers on demand (such as demographics and socio-economic activities) and supply (such as energy resource availability and infrastructure), environment and access to finance among other. To ensure the platform reflects user needs, you will build on and expand WRI’s engagements with key international partners and local stakeholders in the Sub-Saharan Africa region.

WRI is committed to ensuring gender equity across our program portfolios. As such, the intern will support attention to gender where appropriate.

Learning Outcomes

You will gain experience in the following areas:

• Understanding the energy access challenge in developing countries and how geospatial data and analysis can support energy planning to achieve universal access;
• Collecting, harmonizing, processing, integrating and documenting geographic datasets in Energy Access Explorer;
• Understanding the role of renewable energy and the different supply options, such as standalone systems and mini grids, in energy access;
• Supporting the preparation of outreach material (e.g. training material, presentations, blog) to disseminate effectively Energy Access Explorer to its target users (clean energy entrepreneurs, energy planning institutions, development finance institutions and donors, development-oriented organizations);
• Liaising with WRI’s Energy Access team as well as external partners and local stakeholders to ensure Energy Access Explorer reflects the needs of the local users;

Internship Qualifications

• University Sponsored: You must be a student currently enrolled in the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University returning for Fall 2021.
• Proficiency in GIS software (either QGIS or ArcGIS Desktop 10.x)
• Experience in spatial analysis
• Experience in handling GIS datasets, from international and national databases and from crowd-sourcing platforms such as Open Street Maps.
• Understanding of the international energy access space
• Strong research skills and experience in evaluating research methodologies
• Strong communication skills, including presentation experience
• Excellent written skills with the ability to express complex concepts clearly and concisely
• Highly organized and attentive to detail

General Internship Requirements

• Applicants must have personal health insurance coverage.
• U.S. work authorization is required for this opportunity. WRI does not sponsor interns for visas.

Compensation

• University Sponsored: Students will receive compensation from their university program.

Duration and Location

• This is a full-time summer internship with start date options of May 17, June 1, or June 16, 2021 based on the student’s availability and need for the project.
• This is a remote-based internship with the option to work out of the Washington D.C. office once it reopens.
• WRI will provide a laptop for the duration of your internship.

How to Apply

Applicants must apply through the WRI Careers portal to be considered.

The World Resources Institute (http://www.wri.org) is an environmental and development research and policy organization that creates solutions to protect the Earth and improve people’s lives. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, it is WRI’s policy to recruit, hire, and provide opportunities for advancement in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, protected veteran status, or disability. WRI’s global agenda requires a staff that is diverse – with respect to race, gender, cultural, and international background. Diverse perspectives and experience enhance the way WRI selects and approaches issues, as well as the creativity and applicability of WRI’s policy research and analysis. WRI, therefore, encourages applications from U.S. minorities, persons from other countries (especially developing nations), and from women of all backgrounds.

This position is for a full-time (37.5 hr/wk)Real Estate Development (RED) Project Manager to work at EAH Corporate in Honolulu, HI. Qualified candidates will have a Master’s degree in architecture, real estate development, finance, planning or construction management and 1+ year of related experience in affordable housing development such as residential architecture, real estate development, finance, planning, or construction management.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

EAH Housing has been developing, managing and promoting affordable Housing since 1968. We are one of the largest and most respected nonprofit housing development and management organizations in the western United States. With a staff of over 450, EAH develops multifamily communities, manages over 100 properties in California and Hawaii, and plays a leadership role in local, regional and national housing advocacy efforts.

At EAH, we put our core values into action on a daily basis. We recognize that training is a critical investment in the success of our employees and in the continued excellence of EAH. Please visit our website to learn more about our culture and read employee comments to learn more about what it would be like to work at EAH.

For immediate consideration, please apply to requisition  PROJE02288 on our website at www.eahhousing.org/careers

POSITION OVERVIEW

Under the direction of the Hawaii Director of RED, performs a wide variety of tasks directly related to the planning, development and advocacy of affordable housing projects from acquisition through construction and occupancy. This position is characterized by a high degree of initiative, responsibility, accountability and ability to work congenially with a wide variety of individuals, community based organization and governmental entities. The Project Manager also assists with the development aspects of projects currently owned or managed by EAH Inc.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Finds and evaluates development opportunities, conducts initial feasibility analysis; creates a development strategy; negotiates purchase agreements; coordinates community acceptance planning.
• Obtains project financing, including preparing financing applications (TCAC, CDLAC, conventional, etc.), creating deal structures, coordinating negotiation of legal agreements for financing, and maintaining knowledge of current financing programs.
• Manages development team, including selecting and hiring of design, construction and other consultants necessary to develop the project; coordinates and monitors the work of the professional consultants; ensures work is finished and obtains internal approvals; manages, contracts and billing process.
• Obtains public approval by developing and implementing community acceptance strategies; obtaining public entitlement and permits; giving public presentations on behalf of the project.
• Monitors construction process by negotiating construction documents and contracts; monitoring construction progress and resolving conflicts; overseeing draws and monitoring cost and budget.
• Assists Property Management Department with project transition by preparing documentation with essential project information for ongoing operation.
• Works with and supports other EAH departments by utilizing effective lines of communication for exchange of information necessary during design, construction and rent up.
• Advocates for affordable housing by giving public presentations, participating in community and public policy groups; attending conferences, and staying informed of public policies affecting affordable housing.

QUALIFICATIONS

Master’s degree in any of the following fields of study: architecture, real estate development, finance, planning, or construction management. Education in other fields of study would be acceptable combined with appropriate work experience. 1 year of related work or field work experience in matters related to affordable housing development such as residential architecture, finance, planning, construction, etc.

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIREMENTS

EAH Housing conducts criminal background checks on all candidates who have received a conditional job offer. Once you have receive such an offer, you will be required to submit and pass our criminal background requirements. Please be advised that certain roles may also require fingerprinting due to legal requirements.  If onsite housing is a requirement of the position, any household members over 18 years of age who will be living onsite with the candidate must also undergo a criminal background check and tenant screening.  Satisfactory completion of background check and fingerprinting requirements is a requirement of employment with EAH.

BENEFITS

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, as well as a 403(b) retirement plan with a percentage match. We also offer a generous vacation accrual, holiday schedule and work schedule flexibility.

EAH Housing is an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled Employer.  CA BRE #00853495 | HI RB-16985

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in urban planning, landscape architecture, urban design, engineering, or a related field
• At least 2 years of planning experience at a consulting firm, public entity, non-profit, or higher learning institution
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and multi-phased projects
• Experience independently managing tasks or projects
• Experience with ArcGIS and/or QGIS
• Proficiency using Excel for data and demographic analysis

Please note that last summer our internships were virtual. Sponsored by Prince George’s County Planning Board, the Collegiate Internship Program is designed to provide job training in planning and urban development to qualified college students who anticipate careers in these areas. Interns will be assigned to work with the Planning Department staff at The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) in Prince George’s County. Internships will be available for the summer. Interns will work full-time (40 hours per week) and will be compensated.

Areas of Opportunities:  The Prince George’s County Planning Department has a wide variety of opportunities that will provide students with a realistic work experience. Selected students will have the opportunity to work with experienced individuals in their respective disciplines. The Prince George’s County Planning Department will be seeking students pursuing degrees or disciplines in the following areas:

Civil Engineering
Communications/Public Relations
Economic/Community Development
Environmental Planning/Science
Geography/Geographic Information Systems
Historic Preservation
Landscape Architecture
Public Policy/Administration
Sociology
Transportation Planning
Urban Design/Studies
Regional and Community Planning